SEAN Dyche expects this summer to be a ‘big challenge’ for Burnley as he looks to strengthen his Clarets squad in terms of quality and competition.

Having had their place in the 2017/18 Premier League confirmed, the Turf Moor board can look forward to another windfall of more than £100million to boost the coffers.

Burnley spent more than £30million this season on new additions to the squad, breaking their transfer record three times with the deals for Steven Defour, Jeff Hendrick and Robbie Brady. But Dyche said the cash element was not such a big factor, with the rest of the Premier League also banking huge sums this summer, and he admits it will be a ‘delicate balance’ trying to add to his squad ahead and work within the budget restraints at the club.

“There’s more to come, but we do need to add to it,” the Clarets chief said.

“We need to add for in-house competition and quality reasons to keep it moving forward, and it’s going to be a big challenge.

“Everyone talks about having money, it’s not about that, everyone’s got that in the Premier League - some more than others - but it’s about situations arising where the club are willing to go ‘alright, this is where we can go to without ruining the club’.

“So it’s a very delicate balance, the idea of recruitment in the Premier League.”

Dyche is unsure how much he will need to spend on individual players this summer, having seen fees spiral a year ago when Premier League clubs’ spending smashed through the £1billion barrier for the first time and 13 of the 20 top flight clubs broke their transfer records.

The Turf boss insists Burnley are continually monitoring the market and looking at what sort of business they can do in the summer as they seek to work smarter than some of their more illustrious rivals.

While the Clarets won’t be leading the way when it comes to spending Dyche knows the club have to remain ‘open-minded.’

“The idea of recruitment and working in the market is an on-going thing, it’s not a stop and start moment,” he added.

“We’re not in a position where we will be market leaders, cherry-picking players, so we have to keep all our lines of communication open.

“We have to keep open-minded and look at the market and see what’s going on.

“It’s about keeping your ear to the ground, keeping your scouts working, keep ourselves working and see what we can do.”